‘Ferguson’ Play Cast Members Quit After Learning Truth About Michael Brown Shooting

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Breitbart – by Daniel Nussbaum

Five cast members of the upcoming Ferguson stage play abruptly quit this week after reading the play’s script, which recreates the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson using testimony taken from the grand jury proceedings in the case.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the cast members quit the production after learning the true circumstances surrounding Brown’s death. Playwright and producer Phelim McAleer told Breitbart News that the script is based strictly on grand jury testimony, with “nothing added. No dialogue, no characters.”  

“He claims that he wrote this to try to get to the truth of it, but everybody’s truth is totally subjective,” former cast member Veralyn Jones told the Times. “When you come to the matter of what really happened, nobody really knows for sure, because everybody has a different take on it. … It just didn’t feel right to me.”

A self-described “very liberal, left-wing-leaning” cast member, Philip Casnoff, told theTimes that when he learned about McAleer’s conservative background, he thought, “Whoa, this is not the place for me to be.”

“It felt like the purpose of the piece was to show, ‘Of course he was not indicted – here’s why,’” Casnoff added.

McAleer has repeatedly stated that his play is based on a genre of drama called “verbatim theater,” in which events depicted on stage are a recreation of exact witness testimony and interviews.

“The truth is the truth. If it doesn’t fit in with their beliefs, they need to change their beliefs,” McAleer told the Times. “All the people who testified that he had his hands up, it was pretty much demolished in grand jury testimony.”

McAleer reportedly rejected cast members’ suggestions to “balance out” the play with information sympathetic to Brown, leading to their decision to quit. However one actress, Donzaleigh Abernathy, said she would wait to meet McAleer Thursday night before making a decision on whether to continue with the production.

“I want to hear what he has to say face to face,” Abernathy told the Times. “I actually want to know, on a moral level, how can you do something like this that you know will divide America? Does it make you feel good? Obviously he has a personal agenda. What is his personal agenda?”

“These are people who claim to love diversity, and they don’t love diversity,” McAleer countered. “They just want people to agree with them.”

Ferguson, directed by veteran theater director Nick DeGruccio, is set to open at Los Angeles’ Odyssey Theater on Sunday, April 26 for a four-night run. McAleer, the producer of FrackNation and the upcoming Gosnell film, has turned to crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to sell tickets for the production.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/04/23/ferguson-play-cast-members-quit-after-learning-truth-about-michael-brown-shooting/

42 thoughts on “‘Ferguson’ Play Cast Members Quit After Learning Truth About Michael Brown Shooting

  1. Hey gang ! It’s been so long since I’ve been on here that I forgot how to post an article. Anybody wanna give me an assist ? Thanks !

    1. Right click ‘copy link location’ with left click. Right click to paste. Some require that you highlight the link first, then copy.

      Great to see you back, brother! 🙂

      1. Same back atcha, #1 ! I know how to capture the article………I just don’t know how to post it on here. To capture an article, I go to the article’s link, highlight the link address bar, then press the key Ctrl and C. Voila ! Henry taught me how to do that. LOL ! I just don’t know where or how to post it on this site. I checked out the selection bar at the top of the page, but had no luck.

        1. You need to send it to admin. If you mean to post it in a comment on an article like this one, right click, paste.

          Just told Angel you’re back.

          1. Thank you. Where’s admin ? I’m lost, bro. LOL ! Thanks for tellin’ that NY gal I’m back !

          2. Hey, Clark!

            LOL … I was just chuckling over Louden Clere’s comment. He’s right, not one single comment has anything to do with the article itself.

            See the commotion you caused??? BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

            GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK, CLARK!!! 😀

  2. My heart soars like an eagle, Angel and NC ! It’s so good to be back. How do I post an article on this site ? I know how to capture it…..I just don’t know how to post it on this site. #1 said go to admin, but I don’t know where admin is. LOL!. Perpetual senior moment. It’s been a long time. I have a Blues/Rock band goin’ now and here’s an old Chuck Berry tune that we recorded live, at a dive, called Little Queenie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIUBwMNuz6Q

        1. No. Send an email to that address with the link to the story or song that you want posted pasted in the message of your email. (Put the title in the Subject, so they know what it is.)

    1. OOPS! Sorry about the “e” Clark. Typo. I tried to go back and edit, but wasn’t able to do it.

      Good job on “Little Queenie”. 🙂 😀

      Great to have you back!!!

        1. 🙂 🙂 🙂
          I am So happy that you didn’t have to sell your axe.
          Are you still in WA or have you returned to NC?
          Your son must be out of High School by now. How is he?

          1. I kept the axe and my amp. I moved back to my hometown of Ojai, CA. It’s a small little town ( pop. 8,000 ) next to the Topa Topa Mtns. I’m tyring to figure out what to do when CA runs outta water. LOL ! Are you still in NY ?

          2. 😀 😆
            Yup. Still stuck in NYC, fighting the ptb for a buy-out on the Apt.
            Inherited Mom’s house in Bryan, Tx. (living there would be as bad as NYC but, for now, it’s my fall-back). When I relocate, I’ll change my moniker to show where.

          1. Thank you, brother ! I’m playin’ with some old boys I played with back in the ’70’s, so we play together pretty good.

  3. eye am completely confused as to what this article is about, regarding the comments? If Clark Kent were real, HE would have the truth about Ferguson, ‘cuz Superman can go back in time by going real fast backwards and get there before the cops shoot the guy and use his xray eyes to heat the gun up so the cop has to drop it. Huh?
    Just sayin’

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